If you've never suffered repeated victimization at the helm of the Starbucks barista, perform a quick search on Tumblr—that’s all it takes to recognize that spelling peoples’ names correctly isn’t exactly the coffee giant’s forte.

Perhaps it may surprise you to learn that the company’s corporate communications team has a far greater mastery of the English language than the morning mudslingers at many of its locales.

This is according to a blog post by Marketing magazine, in which John Reynolds’ hails the coffee giant as a master of the press release. Even in the wake of the brand’s somewhat recent tax-avoidance scandal in the U.K., its charitable initiatives have garnered positive coverage thanks to a “remarkably effective PR machine.”

For professional photographers, an inspiring workplace could be found anywhere. Community managers, on the other hand, have to be more resourceful, and thus, require all the help they can get. Offering a rudimentary tutorial, Chris Badders shares with Ignite Social Media’s blog a set of basic photography skills for any social media manager.

Not one for tests? How about a contest? Fashion label Prada is asking entrants to a contest to write a story based on “the reality and its perception.” Reports Galleycat, the winner not only receives 5,000 euros, but will also have the company distribute his or her story as an ebook.

Scrounging up stories on Twitter is the job of the social network’s first data editor. CNET introduces Simon Rogers, the man tasked with finding the news buried within our tweets.

The story is easier to find for marketers. Simply pick up any of the three titles suggested by TrackMaven’s Marketing Intelligence blog of current books marketers should read in 2013.

From must-reads to a must-watch, if you thought “Mad Men” star Elisabeth Moss experienced her most pivotal career moment when cast in her now infamous Excedrin commercial, that may only be because you didn’t recognize a young Peggy Olson as the budding star in 1995’s “Escape to Witch Mountain” remake in which she played opposite Erik von Detten: (via The Huffington Post)

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